Plumas County Biographies
Hiram Lewis
Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004
This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm
This gentleman was born if Franklin county, Missouri, December 5, 1820. He
remained in his native state engaged in farming until 1854, when he came
overland to this state with his family. He farmed one year in Santa Clara
county, six years in Sonoma county, and two years in Solano county. In the
spring of 1863 he removed to Sierra valley, where he purchased a farm of a Mr.
Jenney, which now consists of 360 acres. He was married in Cass county,
Missouri, January 18, 1844, to Miss Sarah Farmer, who was born in Meggs county,
Tennessee, May 16, 1829. Their children are Mary A., born November 21, 1844;
Melinda R., December 4, 1852; Nannie S., February 10, 1856; William S., February
17, 1858; Horace E., October 2, 1861; R. H., March 5, 1870. Their daughters are
all married.
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from
1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco, 1882. p 269-270